How Far is SpaceX Roadster (Starman) from Earth?
The distance of SpaceX Roadster (Starman) from Earth is currently 306,537,766 kilometers, equivalent to 2.049078 Astronomical Units. Light takes 17 minutes and 2.4999 seconds to travel from SpaceX Roadster (Starman) and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of SpaceX Roadster (Starman) from Earth as a function of time. In the chart the distance data is measured in Astronomical Units and sampled with an interval of 1 day.
The value of the reported distance might be somewhat inaccurate around the times of closest approach for objects passing extremely close to Earth. The value of the distance of SpaceX Roadster from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of SpaceX Roadster (Starman) to Earth
Between February 2018 and January 2090 the closest approach of SpaceX Roadster (Starman) to Earth happens on Thu Feb 8 2018 at a distance of 0.00221823 Astronomical Units, or 331,842 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.